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Base Coach: A coach who stands by first or third base. The base coaches instruct the batter and base runners with a series of hand signals.

Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction: Relaxation techniques, meditation, and easy stretching exercises are combined to allow the client to become mindful in order to access inner sources of power. By being fully mindful and awak . . . View Full Definition

Motor Coach: A large highway passenger vehicle used to perform any travel service other than scheduled transportation for individually ticketed passengers (see bus).

Money Base: Composed of currency and coins outside the banking system plus liabilities to the deposit money banks.

Megabase (MB): Unit of length for dna fragments equal to 1 million nucleotides and roughly equal to 1 cm.

Knowledge-Based Pay: A salary differentiation system that bases compensation on an individual’s education, experience, knowledge, skills or specialized training. Also referred to as skill-based pay.

Left On Base: Runners stranded on base after three outs.

Nitrate Base: Was an early flexible film support which was highly inflammable.

Nitrogenous Base: A nitrogen-containing molecule having the chemical properties of a base. Dna contains the nitrogenous bases adenine (a), guanine (g), cytosine (c), and thymine (t).

Performance Based Inspection System (PBIS): A computer-based system used by USDA’s meat and poultry inspection agency, the Food Safety and Inspection Service. The system organizes inspection requirements, schedules inspection activiti . . . View Full Definition